North America Executive Committee

Tetsuo “Ted” Ogawa is president and chief executive officer of Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMNA) and an operating officer of parent company Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), located in Japan. In this role, Ogawa oversees all business for Toyota’s North […]

Mark Templin is president and chief executive officer of Toyota Financial Services (TFS) USA, and oversees all of the company’s financial services activities in North and South America as well as Australia and New Zealand. He is also chief executive […]

Chris Nielsen is executive vice president of product support and chief quality officer for Toyota Motor North America (TMNA). In his role, Nielsen oversees a number of functions including: quality, supply chain management, service parts and accessories, the Toyota Production […]

Mike Bafan serves as chairman of Toyota Manufacturing de Baja California (TMMBC) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Guanajuato (TMMGT) and is group vice president of Toyota Motor North America’s Manufacturing Project Innovation Center (MPIC), based in Plano, Texas. MPIC was […]

Norm Bafunno is senior vice president, Unit Manufacturing and Engineering, TMNA, in Plano, where he is responsible for all unit plants and Unit Production Engineering in North America. In his previous role as leader of the One Toyota North American […]

Steve Basra serves as Group Vice President, Connected Technologies at Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) as well as Chief Operating Officer of Toyota Connected North America. Additionally, he has a global role at Toyota Motor Corporation’s in-house Connected Company and […]

Kevin Butt is the Regional Environmental Sustainability director of Toyota’s North American Environmental Sustainability Programs. He is responsible for the development of Environmental Sustainability Programs and Regulatory/Legislative development for all of Toyota’s North American operations. Prior to Butt’s current assignment, […]

Pete Carey is group vice president at Toyota Financial Services (TFS), and president of Mazda Financial Services (MFS) overseeing all aspects of TFS’ new private label business and the relationship with Mazda Motor of America, Inc. He reports to Mark […]

Robert (Bob) Carter is executive vice president of sales for Toyota Motor North America (TMNA). In his role, Carter is responsible for sales, marketing, distribution, and customer service for the Toyota and Lexus brands in North America. Prior to his […]

Group Vice President and General Manager - Lexus Division, Toyota Motor North America

David Christ (pronounced “Crist”) is the group vice president and general manager of Lexus, responsible for all aspects of U.S. Lexus automotive operations, including sales, marketing, customer service and dealer operations. Prior to this role, Christ was the Lexus vice […]

George Christoff is president of Toyota de Puerto Rico, Inc. (TdPR). He is responsible for the operations and performance of the Toyota and Lexus brands in Puerto Rico and the activities of Fundación Toyota and Lexus con las Artes. Previously, […]

Group Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of TMCC; Officer of TFSIC, Toyota Financial Services

In his role as Group Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of TMCC, Ron Chu oversees all corporate accounting, financial reporting and corporate taxation for Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (aka Toyota Financial Services) and its affiliated entities. As principal accounting […]

Group Vice President, Government Affairs, Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

Stephen Ciccone is group vice president of Government Affairs at Toyota Motor North America, Inc. In this position, he is responsible for the direction of Toyota’s federal and state government affairs practice in the United States. Based in Washington, D.C., […]

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